From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/18/2026 11:41 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 17:01:25 -0500, Cryptoengineer wrote:   
   >   
   >>   From Wikipedia:   
   >>   
   >> On 31 October 1992, Pope John Paul II acknowledged that the   
   >> Inquisition had erred in condemning Galileo for asserting that the   
   >> Earth revolves around the Sun. "John Paul said the theologians who   
   >> condemned Galileo did not recognize the formal distinction between   
   >> the Bible and its interpretation."   
   >   
   > So, what happened to those who committed those crimes, against   
   > Galileo, Giordano Bruno and others? Did they die and go to heaven? Or   
   > does the Pope’s ruling mean they’ve now been moved to hell?   
   >   
   > Also, what about those Christians who broke away from the Catholic   
   > Church? Do they accept that the Pope speaks for them, too? Have they   
   > said as much? Or are they still unrepentant about what their   
   > predecessors did to Galileo?   
      
   You asked:   
      
    > Where have there been such admissions? You still hear people (like the   
    > one I was responding to) trying to minimize the wrongness of that they   
    > did. As though it was Galileo’s fault for refusing to disown plain   
    > scientific evidence or something.   
      
   I showed you just such an admission.   
      
   You chose to trim that section from your response, to hide that you   
   moved the goalposts.   
      
   pt   
      
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